The Rev. David Ware, third from left, incoming rector at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, his daughter, Helena Ware, left, 15, and wife, Sarah Hoover, second from left, talk to the Rt. Rev. Robert W. Ihloff, interim rector and former bishop of Maryland, after a service in North Baltimore Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, the day before Ware begins his tenure.

The riots in Baltimore and the fatal hit-and-run involving Heather Cook could not dissuade the Rev. David Ware from taking a job as is the new rector of Church of the Redeemer, one of the largest Episcopal churches in the region. Ware has been rector a church in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., a quaint town, but previously worked in Washington area and in Delaware. He said the riots and Cook news inspired him to come to Baltimore to make a difference.